Humans Are Bad at Risk Assessment, and Other Stories
Risk management is not one of humanity's strong points, but we can learn some lessons from our own real life experiences to apply
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Dennis Fisher
Editor in ChiefDennis Fisher is an award-winning journalist who has been covering information security and privacy since 2000.
He is one of the co-founders of Threatpost and previously wrote for TechTarget and eWeek, when magazines were still a thing that existed. Dennis enjoys finding the stories behind the headlines and digging into the motivations and thinking of both defenders and attackers. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe, The Improper Bostonian, Harvard Business School’s Working Knowledge, and most of his kids’ English papers.
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Featured Articles
Software Has Eaten the World But There’s Still Hope
As software systems have become ever more complex, the opportunity for security researchers to show their value has grown, as
Digging Into FIN7’s Latest Tools and Tactics
FIN7 is a highly active and capable cybercrime group also known as Carbanak that has been evolving and using its own tools such as
CISA Warns of Ongoing Ransomware Attacks by North Korean Actors
CISA, the FBI, and NSA are warning about ongoing ransomware attacks by North Korean groups that target government agencies and defense companies.
‘We Are at the Time’s Up Phase for Industrial Security’
New data from Dragos shows that ransomware attacks against ICS systems are increasing, and sophisticated malware designed for those environments is now a reality.
Attacker Accessed Some Reddit Code, Business Systems
A phishing attack allowed an attacker to steal a Reddit employee's credentials and gain access to some internal company systems last week.
U.S., U.K. Governments Sanction Alleged Members of Trickbot Malware Group
The U.S. and U.K. governments have sanctioned seven Russian men whom they allege are members of the Trickbot cybercrime group.
Fortra Patches Actively Exploited Zero Day in GoAnywhere MFT
Fortra has released version 7.12 of its GoAnywhere mFT file transfer tool to fix a zero day that has been under active attack.